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> He needs 45 bushels from each acre to make a profit. To avoid being docked – getting priced down for moisture or debris in the bushels – he will ask his wife,
by BoiledCabbage 8y ago
> He needs 45 bushels from each acre to make a profit. To avoid being docked – getting priced down for moisture or debris in the bushels – he will ask his wife, Kara Brewer Boyd, to enlist her white stepfather to sell the beans for him. When the other man takes Boyd’s beans, he’s not docked but complimented.
Sad that people still have to deal with this. He literally can't sell his own product without being discriminated against. And this is the type of thing that isn't usually listed under "racism" but is a extra cost he has to pay his whole life.
- vokep 8y agoWhy would this not usually be listed under "racism"? Seems pretty damn racist and completely fucked for this to still occur today.
- BoiledCabbage 8y agoAgreed it is. But most black farmers probably don't have a white family member to test out the same product and see that people pay more and compliment it when they sell it. Instead they just receive lower prices and complaints when they try to sell. And if I were putting money, most of those prospective buyers would argue how 'fair' and equitable their evaluations are and how they are judging the product and not the person.
- shard972 7y agoIn turns out in-group preference isn't purely nurture, who knew.
- londons_explore 7y agoDoes this still occur today on industrial sized farms though? I can completely imagine that the sale of the crop is probably arranged through a market, and the buyer and seller never meet face to face. At most they might exchange an email or two. The quality of the crop will be determined by a lab and demonstrated with a certificate. It will be delivered by third party haulage companies.